Gerald Frank Stamps

Rev. Gerald (Jerry) Frank Stamps, 72, retired minister

Rev. Gerald (Jerry) Frank Stamps, 72, of Norwood Drive in Richmond, died Monday, April 8, 2002, at Kenwood Nursing Home. He was born Aug. 30, 1929, in Memphis Tenn., the son of the late Frank Harper and Hazel Bishop Stamps. He was a graduate of Memphis State University and received his MRE and BSM from Southwestern Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas, and was well known in this area as a piano technician. He was a retired minister, having served as a full time Minister of Music, Youth and Education for 20 years at various churches. He was the former pastor of Mount Tabor Baptist Church at Paint Lick, former Minister of Music of Beacon Hill Baptist Church in Somerset, and Leaclair Baptist Church in Memphis, Tenn. He was a charter member of the Unity Baptist Church in Richmond and served as Minister of Music. He was a Life Deacon of First Baptist Church and taught Sunday school at Willis Manor. Survivors include his wife, Katherine Sites Stamps; one daughter, Kathie Stamps of Lexington; three sons, Timothy Stamps of Lexington, David (Shirley) Stamps of Cape Coral, Fla., and Paul (Amy) Stamps of Lexington; and six grandchildren, Andrew, Daniel, Luke, Martha, Joshua and Jacob Stamps. Funeral Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 11, 2002, at First Baptist Church with the Rev. David Stamps, the Rev. Curtis Warf and the Rev. Bill Fort officiating. Burial will follow in the Madison Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m. Wednesday at Combs, Parsons and Collins Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Jim Austin, Roger Bartley, Tom Bratcher, Harry Revel, George N. Ridings and Levi Yoder. Honorary pallbearers will be the deacons of First Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the Warf Scholarship Fund, First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 697, Richmond, K 40475 or Hospice Care Plus, 208 Kidd Drive, Berea, KY 40403. ___________________________________________________

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Tim: I found a baby book for him that showed his original middle name to be Vance. He was originally born Gerald Vance Stamps, but a week later his middle name was changed to Frank. His father (Frank, who was originally born Harper Stamps) had his birth certificate changed at that time, and the original was destroyed. Also found was a letter from a family friend welcoming the arrival of Gerald Vance Stamps.